What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m back from Norfolk having drunk them dry of Wherry Now on my own bitter.

We went to South Creake, my wife’s old stomping ground and had a walk round the village. As we passed each house my wife told me who lived there and any interesting stories. For such a small village it has some great history and even had a razor blade factory, a Kellogg’s factory, and it’s own brewery! I was interested to see the old brewery was still there but is now a house having ceased brewing in 1914 after 160 years!

 

[dave_77]

Altbier for me to accompany a Thai curry

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

I’m back from Norfolk having drunk them dry of Wherry Now on my own bitter.

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We went to South Creake, my wife’s old stomping ground and had a walk round the village. As we passed each house my wife told me who lived there and any interesting stories. For such a small village it has some great history and even had a razor blade factory, a Kellogg’s factory, and it’s own brewery! I was interested to see the old brewery was still there but is now a house having ceased brewing in 1914 after 160 years!

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I love a bit of local history :-) come to think of it, increasingly I am a bit of local history …

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I love a bit of local history :-) come to think of it, increasingly I am a bit of local history …

There’s a lot there. This pump in one of the gardens was used by a dozen households as their only source of water, there are others in other gardens.

This petrol pump used to serve the villagers. The owner one morning went to drive off in his van and discovered his gearbox had been stolen

My wife told me how they had no toilet in her youth, just a plank with a hole and a bucket underneath the hole. Each night some men in a horse-drawn cart would empty the buckets from all the houses. Not a job I’d relish!

Anyway, enough of that. Time for a stout.

 

[Griff097]

Having my first drop of Turbo, never tried one before as not a massive cider fan, but wanted to do one for friends and family and wow, after a freak alteration to the recipe because our freezer died its stunning, not even conditioned, in the keg force carbed this morning, let's have a sip to see, wow 3 pints later Lol

 

[Griff097]

There’s a lot there. This pump in one of the gardens was used by a dozen households as their only source of water, there are others in other gardens.
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This petrol pump used to serve the villagers. The owner one morning went to drive off in his van snd fisvovered
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My wife told me how they had no toilet in her youth, just a plank with a hole and a bucket underneath the hole. Each night some men in a horse-drawn cart would empty the buckets from all the houses. Not a job I’d relish!

Anyway, enough of that. Time for a stout.
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Sounds like a **** job in that village, I think I would prefer the brewery tasting job

 

[samale]

Brewed not to far down the road in Portrush. Galaxy, citra and mosiac what's not to like. Great mouth feel and flavour

 

[Griff097]

Brewed not to far down the road in Portrush. Galaxy, citra and mosiac what's not to like. Great mouth feel and flavour
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Portrush, now there is a great part of the world, right by the NW200

 

[samale]

Off for two weeks and both my Kegs are empty
My homebrew selection is limited to mostly Belgian beers. 3 fermentor's on the go to catch up. I might buy another tomorrow. Full scale production

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Feel a bit sad today - got a bottle of rhubarb wine out. Hubby is sharing too.

 

[Pennine]

I’m back from Norfolk having drunk them dry of Wherry Now on my own bitter.

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We went to South Creake, my wife’s old stomping ground and had a walk round the village. As we passed each house my wife told me who lived there and any interesting stories. For such a small village it has some great history and even had a razor blade factory, a Kellogg’s factory, and it’s own brewery! I was interested to see the old brewery was still there but is now a house having ceased brewing in 1914 after 160 years!

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I did some googling to see what they brewed. They had a creake xx ale, a ginger beer, a non alcoholic hop bitter ale called Kops ale, superior ale's and a double stout.

Would be cool to find a recipe or two.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Off for two weeks and both my Kegs are empty
My homebrew selection is limited to mostly Belgian beers. 3 fermentor's on the go to catch up. I might buy another tomorrow. Full scale production

Similar here. No beer left apart from what’s fermenting (and some of that is going away to take on hols) so wine it is!

 

[samale]

Portrush, now there is a great part of the world, right by the NW200

Most famous for Barry's amusements

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I did some googling to see what they brewed. They had a creake xx ale, a ginger beer, a non alcoholic hop bitter ale called Kops ale, superior ale's and a double stout.

Would be cool to find a recipe or two.

If you do, let me know.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I still have a couple of beers from my last trip to Norfolk. This is one of them. It’s quite nice actually, it tastes like a bitter, hoppy, light-bodied stout. Probably tastes better than it sounds!

 

[samale]

One of my favourite IPAs. Hard to believe it's a single malt

 

[Gerryjo]

Gerry, he has brewed a couple of Specials for Gee's off-licence which are pretty good. A Citra Single & an Neipa. The Citra was lovely i thought. GEES/ROUGH BROTHERS CITRA PALE - Gee's Wine Shop.

Must check them out though they have a great selection they are pricey like CHILL.

 

[Pennine]

Having another oktoberfest wish it had a bit more bitterness.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m starting on this glorious day with an English bitter while waiting for the wort to come up the boil for my latest batch English bitter.

This batch (the one I’m drinking) has just the slightest hint of cherry to it. You might remember I changed the water profile and my mash regime for this batch. It’s really rather nice but I’m at a loss as to where it’s coming from. The obvious choice (maybe) is from yeast esters but I fermented with the same yeast at the same temperature for the same time.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Alright, if you insist!